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North Korea Says Kim-Trump Ties Are ‘Not Bad’ but It’s Not Giving up Its Nuclear Weapons
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 29, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the US's intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea’s denuclearization, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new approach to restart...
Shoigu’s Pyongyang Visits Suggest Turbulence in Putin’s Security Council
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu with strengthening the military-political alliance between Russia and the North Korea, sparking rumors of his potential appointment...
North Korea says Kim-Trump ties ‘not bad’ but it’s not giving up its nuclear weapons
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 29, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the US's intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea's denuclearisation, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new approach to restart...
North Korea will 'never give up' nuclear weapons as Kim mocks US peace talks
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has openly dismissed the United States' aspirations to rekindle diplomatic efforts aimed at North Korea's denuclearisation. She has called on Washington to recognise her...
Russia Resumes Direct Flights To North Korea After 30 Years, Boosting Trade And Tech Ties
ABP Live
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July 29, 2025
Seoul, July 29 (IANS) Russia's Natural Resources minister has visited North Korea for a meeting on trade and technology cooperation, travelling aboard the first flight of the resumed direct air route between Moscow and Pyongyang, state media...
North Korea rejects new South Korean leader’s peace overtures
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Monday rejected the new South Korean president’s proposal for talks, saying that his policy toward the North was no different than that of his ousted predecessor, under whom relations had plunged to the lowest...
N. Korean workers at Chinese fisheries surrender 90% of wages to state
Daily NK
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July 28, 2025
A new investigation reveals that North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese fisheries were forced to surrender 80-90% of their wages to the state, receiving only 10-20% for living expenses. Seafood produced through what amounts to forced labor has...
North Korea says Trump-Kim ties 'not bad,' urges US new approach
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) — North Korea said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump are “not bad” but any attempt to resume dialogue between the two countries should start from recognizing the North as a nuclear power. Most Read...
Historic First Direct Flight from Moscow to Pyongyang Lands in North Korea
Pravda.ru
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July 29, 2025
Historic First Direct Flight from Moscow to Pyongyang Lands in North Korea On July 29, 2025, the first-ever direct passenger flight from Moscow to Pyongyang touched down in the North Korean capital, marking a symbolic milestone in strengthening...
North Korea closes exchange centers amid currency crisis
News.Az
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Foreign currency service centers near markets and foreign-currency shops in North Korea are being consolidated. This move seems to stem from the authorities' increasing difficulty in managing exchange rates, which have been continuing to surge....
N. Korea shutters exchange centers amid currency crisis
Daily NK
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July 28, 2025
Foreign currency service centers installed near markets and foreign-currency shops in North Korea are being consolidated. The move appears to be driven by the authorities’ growing difficulty in managing exchange rates as they continue to surge....
Russia's Resources Minister Visits North Korea On First Direct Moscow-Pyongyang Flight
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 29 (IANS) Russia's Natural Resources minister has visited North Korea for a meeting on trade and technology cooperation, travelling aboard the first flight of the resumed direct air route between Moscow and Pyongyang,...
Lavrov Addresses Brotherly Ties with North Korea
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has identified North Korea as one of Moscow’s most dependable partners in Asia, emphasizing the longstanding fraternal and military connections between the two nations. He commended Pyongyang’s...
North Korea Rejects Talks With South Korea’s New Liberal President
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 28, 2025
The sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has rejected diplomatic talks with South Korea’s new liberal leader. “We clarify once again the official stand that no matter what policy is adopted and whatever proposal is made in Seoul, we have no...
Kim Jong Un’s sister says Trump must accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state
The Independent
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July 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
North Korea deployed up to 30,000 troops to Russia, Western diplomat says
The Kyiv Independent
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July 28, 2025
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony upon Putin's arrival in Pyongyang, early on June 19, 2024 (Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP) North Korean troops had fought alongside Russia...
(3rd LD) N. Korea says ties between N.K.-U.S. leaders 'not bad' but rejects denuclearization talks
Yonhap News Agency
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July 29, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in 14th para; ADDS byline) By Lee Minji and Park Boram SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday personal ties between the leaders of the North and the United...
‘Nukes or Nothing’: North Korea Mocks Trump's Peace Dream, Shuts Door On Denuclearisation Talks
The Times of India
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Dying Fan Gifts Sanjay Dutt ₹72 Cr | His Unexpected Reaction Breaks The Internet Veteran actor Sanjay Dutt revealed that a Mumbai-based die-hard admirer, Nisha Patil, left him property worth ₹72 crore in her will—despite having no personal...
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Radio silence: Trump’s fund cuts gift Kim Jong-un a tighter grip on North Korea’s ‘mind apartheid’
Firstpost
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July 29, 2025
In the world’s hermit kingdom, the rulers appear anything but hermits — the face allegations of relentlessly hounding their hapless citizens in a, what many describe as, barbaric fashion, crushing human rights as a hippopotamus crushes a...
Unification Minister Determined to Reopen Gaeseong Industrial Complex
KBS World
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August 1, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has expressed his determination to seek the reopening of the inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea’s Gaesong region, saying he expects the fate of the Korean Peninsula to change on...